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Christian Cota For Aldo Will Make You Swear Off Heels All Fall

Good news for gals who feel so much more badass in a pair of boots than they do in stilettos--Christian Cota hears you loud and clear, and he's bringing a few pairs that were made for walking to an Aldo near you.

Their designer collaborations may not inspire the same server-crashing collector's bravado as Missoni for Target, but Aldo has some seriously covetable under-the-radar collections going on. This season, Christian Cota returns to the retailer with a line of all flat boots that make the model-off-duty look a piece of cake. The shoes debuted on his runway in New York, and he put some serious thought into the whole height thing before the show. "The designer had originally put his models in stilettos, but changed his mind after having the models walk in flat boots," WSJ's Heard on the Runway reports. “'The girls would change,' he said. 'They would put on the stilettos and ,' he mimed someone walking upright and prissy. 'But when they put on the boots, they would take on this really tough attitude. That’s what I wanted.'"

The hiking-inspired collection just hit Aldo stores and arrives on aldoshoes.com on Sunday, with prices ranging from $200 to $250. We have a feeling these boots won't last long, so run, don't walk, to get your hands on 'em...